Chicago Bears coach Marc Trestman throws his challenge flag as referee Ed Hochuli (85) and head linesman Mark Hittner look on during a game against the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field September 15, 2013. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images/AFP)

If the NFL scores with a centralized video-review operation starting next season, give an assist to the NHL.

QMI Agency has learned that an NFL officiating representative has been in communication with the NHL for about a month, and spent the evening of Nov. 30 in the NHL’s “Situation Room” in Toronto to see first-hand how the hockey league conducts video reviews from myriad, concurrent games using cutting-edge, real-time technology.

On Wednesday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said his league’s Competition Committee is studying the viability of perhaps switching to a system of reviewing video from a central location.

As it is now, a replay official in the press box at each NFL game assists the on-field referee, who after watching replays himself from a video tent on the sideline ultimately decides whether to uphold or overturn the call.